What do you EAT???

Still new at all of this so I ask a lot of questions! Lol  so con someone tell me what kinds of foods and how much that you eat after a DS surgery?? Also how does this compare to a RNY surgery?? Also are the post surgery vitamins the same for both??  Thanks!  ~Diane

I'll be curious to see responses to this, too since I need some new ideas.

I am about 10 weeks out and I eat mostly the same things every day. I am extremely picky, so when I find something I like, I usually stick with it. Plus, I don't get bored easily with food. I try to eat high protein stuff and try to stay away from carbs as much as possible.

Some things I eat regularly:

* Eggs (either scrambled or hard boiled mixed with full fat mayonnaise)

* Bacon

* Chicken breast that I get at El Pollo Loco (when I cook, mine always come out dry so I just buy them from EPL)

* Ground beef (3 ounce hamburger patties with reduced sugar Heinz ketchup and american cheese)

* Steak-Umm (thin beef steaks like the ones they use for philly cheesesteaks)

* Pumpkin Seeds (I buy them from Eden Foods and get 1-2 pounds at a time. http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=75_98& products_id=413020

* Protein shakes (my favorite at the moment is Strawberry Kiwi from Syntrax Nectar)

* When I crave something sweet, I eat Power Crunch protein bars (peanut butter fudge is my favorite). These are NOT lactose free and they have 10 grams of carbs. So I only eat these a few bites at a time.

I cannot eat a lot at once. When I first started eating soft foods, I could only eat one scrambled egg. Now, I can eat about 2 eggs. Or about 3 ounces of meat. After that, I cannot eat for another 2 hours. And I hardly ever feel hungry. I have to remind myself to eat most of the time.

Thanks! So basically very low carbs and high protein?? What about like creamers and lattes?? So how has the recovery process been for you??

Yup, high protein, low carb is the ticket. I don't drink coffee or lattes, so I'm not sure. But as long as there isn't real sugar in there, I imagine they're okay. (??)

The first 1-3 weeks were tough. I had no energy. By weeks 5-6, I was feeling better. And by week 8, I felt like my energy is completely back to where it was pre-op. I'm feeling great!! :)

Great! Thanks! I wish you the best! ;)

I am intolerant to plain milk.  I do latte's with heavy cream and cappucino's with half&half.

And I don't know much about RNY foods, so I can't really compare the two. But I believe that DSers have to take even more vitamins than RNYers.

What do I eat? Pretty much anything I want. Now, I've always been a pretty dedicated carnivore, pre- and post-op. I eat bacon, sausage, ham, poultry, seafood, well-marbled beef, game meats, cheeses, nuts, eggs, butter, heavy cream---pretty much everything that's high in protein and fat. I also eat a moderate amount of veggies, and some grains. Fruit not so much, mostly because I just don't like much fruit.

How *much* I eat varies from day to day. Some days are tiny-tummy days, other days I can eat the legs off the table. I eat as much as my body tells me it needs. (I've been doing this for nearly ten years, and yes, I had to learn to listen to my body's 'new' signals.)

Vitamins vary greatly from person to person. Vitalady's recommendations are a good place to start, but each of us must get regular bloodwork and tweak our vitamins according to what our individual labs reflect. And no, the post-op vitamins are not the same as for the RNY. Most DSers absorb B12 perfectly well---RNYers rarely ever do. I'm sure there are some things that are the other way around, too.

Great! Thanks MsBatt! 

DSers take more vitamins than RNY folks usually do.

I was out getting my car repaired today and sort of stuck close by where the work was done.  I was hungry and bored...  A bad day for me!  But it does show we can eat just about anything.  On the plus side of things I was on foot all day so I was pretty active.

Breakfast----Coffee

Lunch---2 slices pepperoni pizza.

Snack----small soft ice cream cone

Dinner---chef salad and 2 chocolate chip cookies.  It was take out from a local restaurant so it was big, loaded with meat, cheese, and HB eggs.

After reading this, remember, I am more than 10 years postop.